The application deadline for the BCF/NWG course is extended to

Monday, July 14, 2014.

Please find more information on the course and the application process below.

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BCF/NWG-Course

"Analysis and Models in Neurophysiology"

Sunday, October 5 - Friday, October 10, 2014
Bernstein Center Freiburg, Hansastraße 9a, 79104 Freiburg, Germany

Aim of the course:

The course is intended to provide advanced Diploma/Masters and PhD students, as well as young researchers from the neurosciences with approaches for the analysis of electrophysiological data and the theoretical concepts behind them.

The course includes various topics such as:

Neuron Models and Point Processes (Prof. Stefan Rotter)
Local field potentials (Prof. Ulrich Egert)
Neural Coding (Dr. Robert Schmidt)
Neural Decoding (Prof. Carsten Mehring)

The course will consist of lectures in the morning and and matching exercises using Matlab, Mathematica and Python in the afternoon. Experience with these software packages will be helpful but is not required for registration. The participants should have a basic understanding of scientific programming. This course is designated especially for advanced diploma/master-students and PhD-students (preferentially in their first year).

Application:
Please apply by sending one pdf document containing your CV and a meaningful letter of motivation to nwg-course@bcf.uni-freiburg.de.
The letter of motivation should refer to the following points:

Reasons for wanting to take this course
Background in mathematics
Experience in using Matlab/Python/Mathematica
Background in neuroscience

The course is limited to 20 participants.

Course fees: NWG members - 50€, others - 125€

Application deadline: July 14, 2014

More information: http://www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de/events/conferences-workshops/20141005-nwgcourse

-- Dr. Birgit Ahrens --
Teaching & Training Coordinator
Bernstein Center Freiburg
University of Freiburg
Hansastr. 9a
D - 79104 Freiburg
Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 761 203-9575
Fax: +49 (0) 761 203-9559